
The whole thing is sure to wane to somewhere between zero and zero through this stretch. Indeed, the middle stretch is home to pretty much nothing other than blabber from all sides, and The same events from different perspectives as survivors of the O'Bannon recount their tales of terror - or, beter said, recount their tales of Sluggish as the film barely passes for coherent in places and repeats itself in both story and structure in others.

While Dead Space 2 plays around with some good ideas, one can't help but feel cheated out of a better experience. Some of the early exterior space shots areīorderline beautiful, and viewers can't help but to hope that there's some solid interstellar Horror goodness to come. As the truth of the massacre is revealed, the power of an ancient alienĬomes to light, an artifact that's already destroyed several lives and is sure to wreak havoc throughout the universe, killing all those unfortunateĪt a glimpse - and particularly as the film opens - Dead Space 2 shows glimmers of promise. Wrought such destructive havoc on the O'Bannon and her crew. Techniques as a secret and unscrupulous government agency attempts to learn what exactly happened on the planet known as Aegis VII that

Those unfortunate enough to have survived the attack are forced to succumb to radically-advanced interrogation

The troopers who board her derelict remains find a massacre - scattered remains of what were once humanĭetect only four survivors. Give its target audience a reason to watch. This offers neither, and even a fairly robust soundtrack that seems to have been handled with some amount of TLC is not enough to Least EA's previous Dead Space DTV tie-in sported a halfway decent movie and goodĪnimation. Gamers and movie watchers alike are going to demand something that's not quite as rushed, shoddily-animated, and, well, boring as this. There's no doubt that Aftermath exists only as a promotional tie-in - that's fine - but today's video Hopefully theĪctual video game is better than this. To better guide video gamers on the transition from the first Dead Space to the second. That feels more like an afterthought made to cash in on the upcoming video game than it does a well-planned branching feature meant Unfortunately, the most obvious reality here is that Dead Space 2: Aftermath is a rushed, haphazardly-scripted, and poorly-animated endeavor Reviewed by Martin Liebman, January 19, 2011 Miserable animation and a bad movie - what is there to love?
